Blog 5: Essay # Preview

For essay 3 I understand the majority of what needs to be done for this essay. I know that this will be a slightly longer writing like a research paper. I know I must talk about the author; a short biography and information of the text. I know I need to give a description of the poetic form, summarize the poem line by line, talk about symbolism and any motifs of archetypes in it. I also need to talk about the mood and tone, and finally do an interpretation of the poem. I also need to cite ANY sources used in MLA format.

One thing that I am a little confused about is the difference between summarizing the poem and interpreting it. I feel like summarizing the poem is in a way interpreting it. All I really need to know to complete this assignment is the answer to what I just mentioned that I am confused about. Although we are allowed to use the same poem for this essay, I think I will pick a different poem this time. You can only write so much about the same thing. I think I will do it a little differently this time and write about a song instead of a regular poem. I still need to look through some songs to figure out which one I will write about.